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NEWS ABOUT: rural area

rural area stories: 7 news summaries

 Now Driving 
 Innovation 
 in India: 
 the Poor 

As developed economies slump, it markets directly to the lower class

Oct 20, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And... More »

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India • consumer • outsourcing • innovation • market • poor • engineers • developing countries • rural area • product

 Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive 

Harsh winter cut off supplies, forcing soaring prices

Feb 9, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - With some villagers paying $400 for a week's groceries and $1,500 for a month’s heat, rural Alaskans are literally fighting to survive, CNN reports. Milk can cost $10 a gallon and eggs $22 a dozen, and the long trip by snowmobile to the store means running through $50... More »

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Alaska • severe weather • heat • food prices • rural area • winter

(Newser) - So-called "womyn's lands" are quietly persisting across North America but face a cultural shift as modern gays embrace mainstream society, the New York Times reports. Founded in the 1970s to give lesbians man-free, safe, non-judgmental communities, the roughly 100 groups have seen membership dwindle and populations age. “In... More »

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gay rights • feminism • lesbians • settlement • rural area • 1970s • gays • gated communities • womyn's lands • insular

New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

Intel platform can link
to villages for less
than $500

Mar 18, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new device will link rural areas to the Internet at low cost and without cables, Technology Review reports. Intel has tested the Wi-Fi platform in Africa, Asia and South America, and will sell it this year for less than $500. What makes it work? The router and antenna are... More »

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Internet • Intel • WiFi • rural area • rural connectivity platform

FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

Companies seek to broadcast web over unused TV airwaves

Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST
(Newser) - After a series of unsuccessful tests, the Federal Communications Commission is heading back to the lab to assess a new round of devices for broadcasting high-speed Internet in the white space available in between TV airwaves. The prototypes come from a coalition of top-tier bidders, including Microsoft, Philips, and Intel,... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • FCC • broadband Internet • Philips • WiFi • rural area • wireless technology

Country Life Often Opposite of Healthy

Poverty, limited grocery options have rural America in diet 'deserts'

Dec 13, 07 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Rural America isn’t all hearty farmland, Newsweek writes: Many country areas are “food deserts,” supplied mainly by convenience stores. With supermarkets distant and healthy food more expensive than junk, impoverished residents often become unhealthy—hungry and fat. “A nutritionist will just say, 'Buy more fruits and... More »

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nutrition • health • diet • junk food • healthy eating • rural area

Rural America
Gets Wired

US has paid providers $1B to bring broadband to remote areas; progress is uneven

Sep 19, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Measured by President Bush's goal—to give every America access to broadband this year—it's not a success. But the effort to wire rural America has made impressive progress, the Economist reports. The US government has given more than $1 billion to internet providers in distant markets in an effort... More »

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Internet • broadband Internet • America • grants • rural area

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